Casey Tech School in Berwick is just days away from officially opening its doors.
Chisholm CEO Dr Rick Ede said the school would be a shared learning facility, delivering a high-tech education free of charge to 21,000 students from 21 secondary schools in the Casey region to help them prepare for the jobs of the future.
“That’s why the programs on offer emphasise the vital Enterprise and Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) skills needed for the 21st century,” he said.
Casey Tech School will be located at the Berwick campus of the Chisholm Institute and will focus on growth industries including biomedical technology, health and medical tech, and high-tech manufacturing, production and processing technologies.
The new two-storey building will also include workshop areas, a biomed lab, a virtual reality lab, video production studio and a digital media studio.
It is part of the Government’s plan to boost performance in STEM subjects, including a 25 per cent increase in the number of year nine students reaching the highest level of achievement in maths and 33 per cent more 15-year-olds reaching the highest levels in science by 2025.
The Tech School is one of 10 being delivered as part of Labor Government’s $128 million Tech School initiative, and is expected to open in mid-2018.
